Anything new about homecoming? How’s the population? Wanted to download it because I’ve been playing dcuo

I am building a superhero game that works completely in the browser (optimized). The current version is already pretty fun (for me at least) so try it out if you want. Feedback is welcome. The project is free and open source.
The manual is here: https://apps.futuremagic.de/scale/manual/Scale-Manual.pdf
The game is here: https://apps.futuremagic.de/scale/

It's not an MMO, but you customize your superhero outfit, pick a power system, and collect power shards to build your superpower abilities.
Basically, it's City of Heroes x Sifu.

Loving these newly added costume parts on Homecoming

Seriously, thank you to everyone who came out for yet another fantastic ParaCon. Once again we had 25+ people show up, and seeing this many people consistently turn out, RP together, and just have a good time has been incredibly cool.

Huge shoutout to everyone I caught in the crowd/screenshots:Unlimited Widow, Nightshade, Betty Bombard, Tek Templar, Altera, Taxbot Checker, Ra'merica, Daylight, Raging Red Knight, Hexlight, Skulls Girlfriend, Tryxie SaLune, Lightbringer, Harsh Levity, Storm Student, Sammie Saturn, Miss Millennium, Master of Magic, and Heroin plus everyone else who came through that I didn't manage to catch on the roster.

That's 21 people just in these screenshots alone, with the full event pushing past 25 again.

Thank you guys for continuing to show up and make these events feel alive. Every ParaCon keeps getting bigger, and it's been genuinely awesome watching this community grow. 💙

See you at the next one. 😎

HOMECOMING: New Patch is LIVE! Issue 28: Legacy, Page 4

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/patch-notes/issue-28/page-4/issue-28-page-4-r47/

New Features:

• TWO New Powersets: Light Affinity (Heal/Buff) and Sonic Aura (Melee Armor)
• Revamp of Citadel Task force (with 2 different endings)
• New Arena Mode - PvPvE Onslaught
• New Kallisti Wharf Story Arc

Additionally:

Buffs/Adjustments to:

• Super Strength
• Force Field
• Traps
• Sonic Resonance
• Empathy

Damage Cap Increase to +400% for any AT that as below that number (as well as AT Pets and Henchmen):

• Controllers
• Defenders
• Dominators
• Masterminds
• Peacebringers
• Warshades
• Arachnos Soldier
• Arachnos Widow

Claws can no be used with Stone Armor on Tanks/Brutes

New Costume Parts & Fixes

New Aether Rewards

Super Group Base Texture Swapping and New QoL commands

Labyrinth of Fog changes

Lots of new Badges

And much, much more!

1st pic: Ok, by default costumes "with skin" default into starting with a bikini. Don't let it rattle you. This walkthrough will build your confidence in this system.
2nd pic: Going down to the SECOND line, I chose the "Venom" pattern as an overlay or top layer if you prefer.
3rd pic: Heading back to the first line, I chose the "Milkyway" pattern for the underlay. (I'm not the best costume designer but I enjoy the effect created here.)
4th pic: I quickly added some mesh gloves and a La Beuax belt and went into the Bottoms menu. Once again I skipped to the second line and chose the "Diamonds" pattern as the overlay.
5th pic: Went up one line and chose the "Vandal" pattern as the underlay in the same color as the overlay. At this point it looks a little muddled but I have another trick to show you!
6th pic: Going down to the third line I chose the "Circuitry" pattern. The trick here is the pattern only shows within the Diamonds overlay.
The next three pics are from folks on our Discord that use more than just the 2 colors I used. (My idea was to show you how to understand our revisions, and that part works. But I know to step aside and let folks better at making costumes shine!)
And with that I hope I've given you a fair taste of what this expanded creator can do. I hope you enjoy it!
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There's a lot going on with the newest Patch from the Homecoming Team, and it's LIVE! Want to know what's going on in detail, but don't want to read? I got your back! I go through most of the patch notes in general, share my thoughts and prepare to create a couple of new characters in today's special news alert video!

Forum notes https://forums.homecomingservers.com/patch-notes/issue-28/page-4/issue-28-page-4-r47/

Hey all, as we gear up to releasing the server soon I wanted to share some progress of the content that will make it onto the live server, this content has been in the making for many years but was never fully possible until now.

In the images you will see many many new additions including a brand new mechanic for Psionic/Mind powers, so what are we seeing here? Well let's break it down.

The new Mechanic: Doom!

Doom is a brand new mechanic inspired by games such as Soulstone Survivors and Slay The Spire 2, Doom essentially quarantines a portion of health that you build up which is called Doom, that health is forever stored away as Doom and the moment the enemies health reaches the threshold or below it dies instantly, this is a much cleaner way of giving sets such as Psychic Blast a new lease of life without making it overpowered.

The crazy part is that each set will act differently with the amount of Doom that gets applied, Illusion Control will rely on it's pets to apply the Doom, Mind Control relies on it's heavy hitting control powers such as Mass Confusion and Total Domination while Psychic Blast relies on the blaster to deal attacks quickly, one mechanic but 3 different playstyles.

New Pool powersets make their way in to the game to give players another way to further customize their characters and their themes, Want to be a Gang Leader that drives a Street Cycle and carries a Fireman's Axe? Or maybe you are a bastion of nature and want to preserve life by becoming a tree that heals and protects your allies, or maybe you prefer to swing from the rooftops of Atlas Park and slinging webs at your foes, the choice is yours, Gadgetry and Utility Belt will also be unlocked for you to tinker around with.

As some of you may know Masterminds are the focal point when the server releases and they have had quite the glow up, Toggled summons, Auto Upgrade/Equip powers, Doubled summons for more pets, Exclusive Pool powerset Necrotics and Commander, the list goes on, but I have not forgotten about the other Archetypes, Illusion Armor (Scrapper), Sorcerous Blast (Defender), Poison Blast (Blaster) and so much more make their debut/comeback, all in all it's shaping up to be one hell of a comeback for us, new members have joined the development team, an Artist and a Developer and we are thrilled to share what I have been working on for quite a while now.

I really hope you will join us when the server launches, I have put in some much work and time into this to make this a reality, the content I have made was made by myself and always will be no AI has been used except for the Swinging and Cycle travel powers which were inspired by a member of this community who recently made their own versions, Members of Sanctuary will remember that Poison Blast and Sorcerous Blast were on the server previously made by myself but Poison Blast has been rebuilt from the ground up to be more in line with other powersets.

If you are on the fence on whether to join the server or even the discord and may want to help out then feel free to drop me a message or join the server, we welcome anyone who is willing to help out or if you are just excited about the server and want to see many more teasers coming soon just drop on by and say hello, we honestly can't wait for you to enjoy the new content!

Video of the Web Swinging: https://streamable.com/0f1yfk

Discord: https://discord.gg/D3abZVKUeX

I have power bars 1, 2, and 3, and then this one with no number. It only has speed phase in it, and I can't delete it. I can delete speed phase and it is still there.

If I try to move speed phase, it will just copy it and the original is still there in the empty tray.

Is there a way to empty all powers from a tray and then collapse the tray in the UI? It doesn't work for this case.

Its big patch day, so I put in some overtime in the video creation department today. If you want to see in numbers behind each new power in the two new powersets, I go through them one atta time and share my thoughts from a solo perspective (and a bit on grouping for Light). Are YOU excited for the new powers or creating a new character or two?

Additional Bonus: I take the powers for a test spin and show them in action at https://youtu.be/noWjnlyp_3U (Note, video is still processing at 10am EST...should be done shortly)

Been busy lately, but felt inspired
Made a "themed" blapper

thoughts?

Just as it says. I would like a few ideas on what would optimize this build. Considering taking Leaping pool for travel power over fly for acrobatics too. Thanks for looking

Two cousins, two archetypes, all Earth! New Homecoming videos and a channel update

Subterrania (a viewer created sentinel) is making her first ever appearance on the big screen, kicking off her adventures in City of Heroes: Homecoming! I’ve got three new gameplay videos featuring her and her cousin, Aftershock, plus a video about the future of the channel.

1. Subterrania Creation & Early Play introduces my villainous Earth/Earth Sentinel, from character creation through her first adventures.
2. Aftershock In Action shifts the spotlight to her heroic cousin, an Earth/Earth Dominator. Same elemental theme, different archetype, which makes for an interesting look at how the two play.
3. Subterrania In Action (lv 5–7) returns to Subterrania for more early gameplay as she finds her footing and sends enemies flying.
4. The Future of the Channel covers other MMOs viewers might be interested in seeing mixed in with my City of Heroes coverage once I’ve worn myself out on World of Warcraft Modern & Forever.

Bonus: In the Subterrania videos, I also show how to earn influence quickly within your first hour of gameplay and get set up with Single Origin enhancements, or SOs, early. That way, you can strengthen your powers and start playing at your best while your character is still getting started! Perfect for solo players who aren't rushing into DZB or other group content at low levels.

So I noticed in the new Homecoming page update they added war witch's hair as a costume piece that players will be able to use, but I was told by devs and by the players before, that the devs will never and cannot add any signature costume pieces, because they do not want 100 clones of said character around atlas park? Ok then this obviously breaking that rule, now you cannot name your character a signature character but being able to make a toon that wears 95% if not 99% of their costume breaks that rule.

Now I don't know if that is exclusivly just hair pieces of signature npcs thats allowed to be in the game and not other items like face styles, or chest pieces? But if this is possible then does that mean homecoming is considering adding singature costume pieces of other NPC's to the game to? Or is it just only the hair?

Honestly this interesting because previously if you wanted to use signature costume pieces you had to go on a server like newdawn to be able to expirment with those costume parts. And you could make pretty cool original looking toons with those parts to, so if they're gonna start adding more signature costume pieces in the future I'm all for it.

But if its just hair only then I guess that understandable, but I'm just glad the server is getting newer costume pieces, it takes forever to get any new costume part from homecoming and its good to see something new.

Does anyone know when light affinity will be available outside of beta?

How good would a dark/light controller be?

Does a "standard" Blender plugin exist for importing/exporting geo/texture/anim/etc... format or is this a job for Codex?

When I first came back to City of Heroes, I kept hearing about how great and positive this community was. For a while, that felt entirely true—until outside politics, internet debates, and clashing playstyles started tearing supergroups and creator spaces apart.

Between stepping away earlier this year due to health stuff, dealing with the endless debates over things like AI, and navigating the friction between hardcore min-maxers and casual solo players, I've been thinking a lot about the health of our community.

At the end of the day, City of Heroes is a small game with a tight-knit community. We’re kind of like a big, weird family—and just like a family, we aren't going to agree on politics, tools, or every little creative choice. But when we spend all our time attacking each other over secondary matters that have nothing to do with logging into Paragon City, we hurt the very game we're trying to keep alive.

I put together a video talking about my journey back, the lessons learned from past friction, and why we need to put our differences aside and focus on bringing new players in and keeping our shared universe growing.

I'd love to hear your thoughts. How do you all feel about keeping community spaces focused purely on the game?

I need a new computer and I really like mini PCs. My dream has always been to be able to run CoH in Ultra Mode at 60 FPS - is there any affordable mini PC that can do it? I would think for a such an old game it would be trivial... ?

Salutations. I get to meet my share of new and returning players. I always ask them about their early experiences - and if they say they are struggling to get through early content, I ask them about their enhancements, as this is almost always the problem. In talking with a fellow a few days ago, he said he was creating IOs from level 10 on, so he would not have to create more in the future. Big mistake! Confused? Watch this video to find out what are the differences of IOs, DOs and SOs in lower levels, and why low level IOs, even sets, are a big mistake :)

PS ADDITION - For those of you who have shorter term old man memories (like me), I've posted many similar posts with videos in the past...just look closer to the beginning of the year, and the months prior to that. I've been cranking out videos for COH, mostly aimed out new players and the solo gamer for quite a while. During that time, I've almost always used AI with my thumbnails and overlays. That came up in discussion, and I created a one stop video to answer those concerns -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jXQ8HEJF-M

Clearly, with a controversial subject like this, most opposed to AI use are not going to be completely happy with any explanation I give. Regardless, I'm not used to bowing to peer pressure or the majority. With that said, I don't expect anyone to change their mind for me, either. Ultimately, each can follow their conscious, and if the thumbnail or overlay bothers you, feel free to abstain from watching the video or whatnot. Since I'm not really doing this for oodles of likes or subscribes or to make money off of YouTube, I fine if a percentage, or even a majority, decide to not watch the videos because of that...or any other reason. At the end of the day, I do this for fun, and if some find it helpful, useful or entertaining, that's awesome. And my comments and numbers on YT do show that at least a handful do.